Eaves-trough protector.



E. A. SEACORD.-

EAVES TROUGH PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED was. 1916.

1251 929, I Patented Jan. 1,1918.

. terminal of the EMILY A. SEACORD, 0F GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

EAVES-TROUGH PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

Application filed August 8, 1916. Serial No. 113,767.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMILY A. SEACORD, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful llaves-Trough Protector, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to eaves-troughs or gutters and to a sieve or strainer attachable thereto and removable therefrom.

he principal object of the invention is to provide means for preventing leaves and other coarse debris from entering the eavestrough. In this connection it is an object to prevent birds nesting in the trough or in the down-spout. A further object is to pro vide against accidental displacement of the screen.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an end view;

Fig. 2, a similar view of a somewhat modified form, the locking-lip shown in a different position from that shown in Fig. 1;

ig. 3, a side elevation, broken in two; and

Fig. 4, a top plan of one end portion.

Considering the drawings in detail and referring to each element by a distinguishing numeral, uniformly employed, 2 indicates a gutter or eaves-trough each longitudinal edge of which is bent to form a bead 3. 4: designates the usual down-spout or drain-pipe.

5 indicates a gutter-end, flanged over the gutter 2 and rising in an arc thereabove. 6 indicates a screen-locking lip at the upper point of the arch. 7 designates a gutter-end at the initial or upper end of the gutter and rising in an arc thereabove, and 8 indicates a screen-locking lip.

9 designates a screen or sieve, arcuate in cross-section, its edges 10 bent to embrace the flange or bead 3, and formed preferably of hardware cloth. It is of such size that it may be slid over either end piece 5 or 7, and its edges are of such size that they may slide longitudinally along and over the heads 3.

In the modification, Fig. 2, I have shown the edges or flanges 3 of the gutter 2 to be bent at right angles to a perpendicular llne drawn through the gutter, and have shown the edges 10 of the screen 9 as embracing them. In this figure the end is designated by 7 and the locking-lip 8.

To assemble. the device one of the lockinglips is to be bent outward, in order that the screen or sieve may be slid into place, over the adjacent arch and gutter edges or flanges. Both lips are then to be bent. into the positions shown in Fig. 3, whereby to 10611 the,

screen from accidental endwise movement.

The screen will shed the leaves and other trash, and it and .the upper (or arciform) portions of the. end pieces will effectively prevent the entrance of birds to the trough or to the down-spout.

Having thus described invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent the following, to-wit: An eaves trough including a gutter, a cylindrical longitudinal bead formed at each side edge thereof, the said gutter being substantially U-shaped in cross-section, closed end walls for the gutter, each having a portion extending upward and beyond the upper edge of the gutter and curved on a cothe nature of my incident radius, an upwardly curved wire screen positioned above said trough and having inturned side edgessubstantially frictionally engaging the beaded edges of the trough, the said screen being curved substantially coincident to the upper curved edges of the closed end walls, and a tab carried by the central )ortion of the edge of each end wall originally extending in the planes of the ends so that the screen may be applied to the gutter between the ends, but said tabs adapted to be bent inwardly to over-lie the screen to prevent longitudinal movement thereof, the transverse movement of the screen being prevented by thejnterlocking connection between the side beaded edges of the trough and the cover screen.

In testimony whereof I hereto aflix my signature at Galesbur Illinois, this 2t day of July, 1916.

. EMILY A. SEACORD. 

